PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Ut amet autem luptatum kasd consequat molestie sea ipsum et aliquyam lorem. Takimata adipiscing sanctus rebum autem no invidunt magna ut et sadipscing consequat takimata accusam dolor facilisi magna ipsum sed. Ea sit accusam sed ipsum nihil sed diam gubergren nonumy. Duo sed tincidunt vero dolores et vel nulla dolor aliquip invidunt lorem lorem est ea invidunt rebum ipsum. Est qui ipsum erat duo velit gubergren kasd kasd. Consequat elitr accusam ea vero sea erat zzril ea justo kasd magna esse in labore feugait.
Et esse eros delenit at no. Sed kasd clita quis vel vulputate rebum dolore elitr eirmod dolor justo et sadipscing imperdiet justo diam erat commodo. Sed ea consetetur autem eros tempor tempor eirmod eos eum et dolores nibh dolore. Dolore labore est aliquyam. Sit euismod magna ipsum ullamcorper diam duo vel.
Sample Output H3
Suscipit sit sadipscing eos elitr. Et dolor labore stet accusam facilisis aliquip duis lorem aliquyam exerci qui lorem ut volutpat. Sit eos velit dolore blandit esse eirmod invidunt duo sanctus nostrud diam tempor eirmod at facilisi hendrerit. Esse ad accusam dolores tation consetetur vero feugiat dolor. Dolore dolores et no et est voluptua ea aliquip tempor doming dolor. Elit consetetur lorem stet stet kasd amet est amet aliquyam. Ea est erat erat molestie sadipscing te et lorem. Diam aliquam placerat diam et commodo dolore nonumy dolor clita. Stet et ullamcorper eos sadipscing nulla gubergren ut ut magna dolore eirmod illum consetetur sed at ipsum ut duis.
Ipsum et aliquyam sadipscing facilisi vel sed amet justo dolores dolor duo. Amet ut iriure congue sed dolore zzril clita duo kasd. Kasd eos sadipscing consetetur sea vulputate lorem sea eu eu eos lorem voluptua augue. Invidunt justo laoreet lorem ipsum labore ea takimata lorem tempor. Sed facilisis et ipsum. Aliquyam est voluptua sed labore dolor dolor dolores erat rebum lobortis exerci erat eos magna dolores sit.
Sample Output H4
Amet at lorem eros et sit commodo consetetur vel sed illum sadipscing elitr facilisis. Exerci amet amet dignissim ea labore lobortis eos invidunt accusam amet kasd. Diam duis sit invidunt sanctus et takimata id elitr dolor dolore magna sit in elit tation. Ipsum et dolore magna aliquyam eu gubergren amet et no vero. Sit stet at invidunt at ut. Consetetur amet vulputate ipsum et et labore volutpat consetetur hendrerit ut consetetur diam duo facilisi vel erat. Dolore ut facilisis dolor vero labore illum.
Nostrud diam duis amet voluptua sadipscing diam. Justo tempor rebum nonummy consequat doming sit et. Aliquip dolore sit suscipit dolor ut. Hendrerit amet sit consetetur dolore stet soluta accusam ipsum sit sadipscing id iriure id feugait labore odio. Laoreet et ea ut eirmod et wisi erat. Lorem amet aliquam dolor ea at nisl vero voluptua elitr amet dolor magna wisi elitr.
Sample Output H4
Invidunt aliquam sed ut sit ipsum no amet et stet no. Duis magna eros et at diam vulputate stet diam feugiat et sed. Amet eros et tempor in delenit vero diam zzril blandit lorem dolor stet justo duo ipsum sit in. Nonumy et ipsum sed ipsum justo takimata ea et magna augue sea amet sit aliquyam adipiscing sanctus. Magna ea facilisi in enim dolore sit duis. Stet ut et. Autem adipiscing ea eirmod sit ut consectetuer in consectetuer. Dolores eos dolor dolor gubergren eu. Dolore nisl eum congue tempor sanctus delenit dolore tincidunt et et laoreet ipsum. Magna dolor veniam justo sea.
Aliquyam sit eos sadipscing augue zzril. Dolores justo aliquyam invidunt amet amet aliquyam consequat ut invidunt sea takimata justo diam doming ipsum. Ea vel lorem tempor voluptua erat dolore dolor. Consequat dolor consetetur eos sanctus placerat imperdiet vero consequat aliquip ipsum commodo amet nonumy zzril. Accusam at iriure ut et vel nisl. Sed kasd dolore kasd lorem et diam magna sit congue dolor sanctus ipsum justo. Et gubergren consetetur aliquam diam lorem justo. Voluptua diam tempor.
Sample Output H3
Eirmod duo dolores elitr duo sit ad consetetur et sit stet diam nulla. Rebum kasd dolor accusam delenit. Aliquyam erat vero accusam et duis consetetur eos iriure at liber. Magna possim gubergren et dolore sanctus sadipscing ipsum. Justo elitr gubergren nulla vel kasd consetetur eirmod aliquam labore ipsum eos amet hendrerit no diam dolor. Est accumsan in accusam et magna odio invidunt voluptua eum luptatum et consectetuer diam. Labore kasd tempor zzril sit voluptua dolor amet justo justo facer duo. Diam amet amet nonumy. Accusam eirmod nihil minim dolores takimata sed accusam elit ut erat ut est labore. Aliquyam amet sed est exerci wisi sed et ut diam ea at dolor te clita. Sit eros luptatum ipsum diam rebum accusam at magna tempor et enim dolores et ipsum ea takimata quod.
Lorem veniam dolor. Consetetur amet invidunt aliquam delenit aliquyam ex amet duo. Esse aliquyam eos justo ipsum. Sanctus duis diam diam diam stet est nonumy ut esse nonumy. Erat et ipsum et no. Et vulputate feugait. Rebum dolor sanctus aliquyam sit facilisi soluta justo sed tempor lorem lorem duis elitr tincidunt tation. Ea consetetur ut amet kasd suscipit eum et sit at ea duis sed amet magna.
Sample Output H4
Vel nonumy nisl duis blandit et volutpat nulla clita ipsum ipsum erat consetetur clita tation takimata dolore velit. Tincidunt eirmod ipsum kasd feugait sed. Et gubergren ipsum qui lorem eum consetetur. Vero velit est clita vel duis dolore sanctus eos. Commodo lorem dolor stet in elitr nobis kasd.
Sanctus sed iriure no rebum labore labore eirmod nonumy sed consequat aliquam ut. Eirmod vero ipsum diam diam duo elitr. Velit est aliquyam euismod magna accusam. Kasd duo facilisis at exerci kasd hendrerit diam. Ipsum nostrud dolor consetetur dolores accusam eos at duo gubergren at justo nonumy magna labore invidunt. Diam sadipscing est nihil et ipsum aliquyam nulla sed gubergren takimata autem iriure magna dolor. Mazim erat vel tempor ipsum illum aliquam praesent est voluptua ut amet eirmod. Stet iriure eirmod tempor odio elit labore ad erat nostrud et lorem labore kasd et kasd amet.
Sample Output H4
Dolor minim gubergren magna lorem sed vero mazim vero sadipscing sed ut duo nibh in aliquyam amet et est. Illum et voluptua lorem et est dolore sit nulla dolor consetetur lorem nulla dolores tempor. Cum accusam diam sed kasd sed duis ut dignissim sadipscing elit. Adipiscing magna commodo justo accusam duo zzril. Est gubergren congue amet erat sed labore est. Sed nonumy eleifend diam. Amet dolore ut erat sed accusam erat accusam ipsum sed aliquyam kasd rebum nulla amet. Gubergren exerci tempor duo amet no. Iriure dolore lorem takimata takimata vulputate nulla lorem et sit dolor justo diam. Veniam diam takimata et dolor magna qui velit labore dolor.
Gubergren justo option stet accusam luptatum velit et diam autem at amet erat nulla ipsum vero et consetetur. Facilisi dolore ut luptatum erat clita ipsum et dolor et. Dolor diam duis dolor adipiscing nonumy vero ipsum erat minim dolor justo consetetur facilisis et at invidunt erat laoreet. Soluta diam kasd duo sed ut tempor magna sit lorem. Diam dolore labore sit labore aliquam sed labore et wisi dolor consequat et sanctus. Rebum ipsum ipsum tempor labore. Odio amet et takimata erat diam sadipscing duis amet. Accusam elitr et stet ullamcorper sea sed magna accumsan no in vero diam amet.
More Sample Output H2
Clita ipsum accusam dolores. Delenit lorem sit dolor eirmod nibh sadipscing. Eirmod ea suscipit ea. Dolore in ut diam lorem odio at nonumy magna at elitr dolor dolores justo. Eirmod labore takimata in ipsum nulla sanctus ullamcorper quis kasd duo zzril labore takimata dolor euismod dolore gubergren ipsum. Labore tempor ut dolore duo iriure nulla dolores nonumy doming suscipit lorem sed diam duo lorem gubergren nulla.
Takimata ut no et ut takimata sed. Eu erat no tempor magna. Et vel ipsum ullamcorper sed kasd eos sea sed justo tincidunt delenit at sea in ipsum. Invidunt ea eos sadipscing ipsum nonummy et. Kasd eleifend te eirmod kasd invidunt duo et invidunt consetetur labore sanctus ut sea et lorem. Takimata in sed diam dolore.
Sample Output H3
Feugiat ipsum sanctus eos sea clita ut elitr facilisis rebum aliquyam nonumy sit. Sit luptatum sanctus in nonumy stet sanctus elitr facilisis sed magna. Sed sed dolor sadipscing diam sed enim dolore et sea eu sit ea takimata no sed sea ipsum. Et sed amet euismod at accusam autem elitr et invidunt lorem sea erat sed. Et consetetur vero ut.
Eum kasd erat sadipscing est euismod ut dolore est delenit eleifend. Qui nibh et tation. Vero et elitr amet augue amet dolore lorem sit suscipit. Suscipit ipsum invidunt at et sea voluptua duo accusam dolore lorem quis takimata dolore ea diam nonumy dolor nulla. Duo feugait et augue stet consectetuer dolore lorem euismod nulla id lorem vero. Dolor facilisis erat at vero voluptua option vero facer. Eos magna ut sed consectetuer no eos luptatum eos et takimata clita duo.
Sample Output H4
Soluta voluptua sed magna dolor nam lorem diam et sit iusto sed rebum feugiat. Labore sed lorem sed vulputate ea imperdiet sed ut. Consetetur sed aliquyam dolor kasd ipsum sea. Eum diam amet laoreet adipiscing sadipscing consetetur vero consetetur adipiscing sed. Feugiat ut eirmod accusam stet erat. Diam ipsum consequat sanctus ut tation lorem lorem at. Ut exerci invidunt eos aliquam sit eirmod dolores erat sed clita labore praesent accusam et amet feugait lorem at.
Ea eu sed ea accumsan et labore zzril kasd iriure. Ut est euismod justo magna minim sadipscing dolores amet ut diam amet nulla takimata dolore nibh diam. Dolor amet sed lorem feugiat et amet kasd rebum ipsum labore tempor ipsum justo et et. Augue sea sit amet dolor gubergren. Nonumy invidunt vero magna at sed sadipscing in consetetur enim gubergren amet consetetur dolore. Elitr vero nostrud ea amet et stet accusam facer cum.
Sample Output H4
Nisl lorem consetetur vero est diam suscipit ea sadipscing iriure rebum amet ut magna tempor. Nam ullamcorper dolore nihil accusam ipsum justo. Luptatum luptatum ea exerci voluptua dolore ipsum dolor et lorem nonumy quis lorem facer est est. Zzril sit feugiat gubergren sit. Accusam euismod invidunt rebum aliquyam dolore kasd invidunt. Aliquyam lobortis voluptua takimata at dolor nonumy gubergren diam sit elit aliquyam amet et.
Justo ad accumsan est ipsum sanctus amet lorem dolor dolor dolore vulputate illum et magna te duo facilisi no. Rebum dolores aliquyam sed ut at eirmod. Luptatum duis facer accumsan eos ipsum clita et accusam magna ipsum vero sit eos lobortis lorem ea lorem diam. Aliquip ut clita diam magna tempor ipsum magna dolor dolore rebum iriure duo diam molestie ipsum est elitr et. Kasd dolore vero invidunt. In rebum elitr clita amet voluptua nonummy lorem labore et aliquyam invidunt stet nonumy diam. Nostrud adipiscing assum. Amet vulputate gubergren ipsum dolor consetetur sanctus kasd sed nostrud eirmod nihil at dolores magna diam dolore suscipit et. Tempor erat duo rebum iusto sit et et nihil diam dolor ea blandit justo placerat lorem est iusto.
Sample Output H3
Accusam sit vero nam sit dolor gubergren sit sea rebum et sit kasd consequat illum diam erat amet. Sit blandit consequat blandit ut at lorem consetetur. Consetetur magna blandit nonumy erat ea invidunt sadipscing eos magna lorem nonumy accusam ipsum clita labore vulputate dolor. Lorem sanctus dolor clita kasd voluptua feugiat suscipit et nonummy eos eum sit tation lorem dolor. Eu nonumy iusto. Dolor nonumy gubergren et veniam et iriure. Vero ipsum at vero rebum feugait wisi sadipscing justo voluptua stet wisi no sit et. Vel ipsum magna velit dolor ut est sit rebum feugiat sanctus et duo accusam diam illum elit.
At rebum accusam consequat ipsum et in sea ipsum ea eirmod et iriure. Ut magna sit consetetur sed sea nonumy dolor gubergren elit invidunt blandit ut at. Nibh aliquyam ut in voluptua eros justo veniam dolor dolore kasd tempor diam dolor magna sed facilisi. Kasd illum dolore et sea diam et lorem kasd ipsum no nulla magna duo invidunt gubergren. Sit ipsum sit ipsum nulla lorem gubergren eum clita clita eos clita doming. Aliquyam dolor tation vero vulputate ea consetetur sanctus augue sit et aliquyam iusto nonumy. Dolor commodo duo dolores eu aliquyam eirmod amet voluptua magna ipsum eos voluptua sit erat ipsum sadipscing labore eum. Dolor nulla clita eum amet lorem sed exerci consetetur erat amet vero est et ullamcorper consectetuer et amet. Suscipit duo ipsum elit consetetur tempor in et gubergren ut dolor nihil delenit voluptua ut molestie consetetur invidunt. Sanctus erat magna vel amet quis magna voluptua sit laoreet est dolor.
Sample Output H4
Labore sed dolor amet clita justo quod dolor ea duo. Ut dolore lorem consequat aliquip labore zzril sit amet exerci et labore assum dignissim dolores. Amet gubergren iriure. Et veniam sit illum adipiscing et eirmod dolore. Clita lorem et ipsum sea labore amet gubergren gubergren vel sit magna justo dolore diam ipsum et dolore erat. Nonumy lorem et et euismod sit sit dolore eos ea et nulla elit erat.
Eos dolore aliquyam consectetuer accusam justo ut augue elitr sit ipsum sed gubergren et sadipscing. Elitr odio sed delenit diam sit. Sanctus labore stet eirmod erat consetetur sea nonumy diam sit ut. Vel justo erat. Et dolor dolor erat euismod ipsum lorem et vulputate placerat molestie eirmod stet aliquip.
Sample Output H4
Diam sea takimata ea no magna takimata. Labore kasd stet molestie voluptua takimata lorem consequat no ipsum sea et dolore et rebum. Erat vero eos erat lorem justo diam nam accusam voluptua lorem invidunt. Vel congue nonumy sed voluptua consetetur enim invidunt dolor diam praesent in tempor. Ipsum nulla sed sit. Id justo esse lorem enim ipsum congue. Et et feugiat lorem elitr rebum diam et elit ex vero suscipit diam magna labore stet ut delenit. Blandit kasd erat rebum ea stet takimata te diam odio amet hendrerit facilisi dolor sed sit consetetur justo sed. Sadipscing eu eirmod amet diam volutpat sed lorem stet dolor consetetur vero justo labore. Lorem lorem kasd amet invidunt.
Aliquyam amet possim rebum dolore no amet delenit feugiat quod consetetur et eirmod invidunt vero erat. Dolore et molestie ipsum erat sit. Magna ea aliquip at illum sit lorem duis ut velit ipsum eirmod facilisis. Magna enim et ipsum. Amet dolore luptatum sit no rebum at consequat et. Vel sed labore esse eirmod nostrud dolores laoreet et labore sed sanctus ut rebum luptatum. Consequat ea lorem sit invidunt amet eirmod clita autem wisi lorem ut. Eu vero rebum lorem et at option diam duo. Magna ea sed sanctus delenit nulla consetetur ut ut ut no. Nonumy amet volutpat et eirmod in accusam sea vulputate. Magna et diam kasd dolor consequat gubergren.